The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-12
MISCELLANEOUS.


"A young woman Of Holyoke.
Mass, nlighted from a train with an
elastic bounce, and her false teeth fell
to the platform and noisily ratified
along the boards
He--"Now that we are married we
are one, and shall insist that this be
the last time you appear in low-neck
dress" She-"We may be one, but
you are only half Of us, and ! shall
dress my half as l please. "-Bosto''
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"A citizen Of Pittsburgh, Pa. has
patented new method of propelling
steamers. He has working model OF
o boat in which he uses the wheels or
propclling power of the boat to support
It, and claims that by this device his
boat can be Iun at the rate Of mile o
minute.
The Italian residents of Philadel.,.
lrhia have decided to give an entertain-'
ment on the 18th OF October each year
until 1892 to raise funds for the erec-
tion Of statue of Columbus. The
location of the statue has not yet been
determined on. It may be in Philadel-
phia and it may be in Washington.
Washington is becoming the Mecca
of bridal pilgrimages. One of tho
hotels, of that city claims to have had
under its protecting wings yesterday no
less than twenty-five newly married
couples. No place this side of heaven
could i'll one day have sheltered SO
much happiness as that.
Disasters to eyesight are evidently
m common than is generally sup
posed. Judging from the statement that
more than 100000 glass eyes are made
annually in Germany and Switzerland.
An artificial eye seldom lasts more than
five years, the secretion of the glands
turning Observation-Disclosures Traceler.
Mr.. Characterization play the
piano great deal; do you notp" Miss
Fussanfeather-''Yes; I play at home
n good deal, to drive dull care away"
II guess you're succcssful; aren't youp"
"WhyP"' "Well. / understand you.I
drive every thing else away. don't
suppose dull care would want to stay
either!" Yonkers Statesman.
An evening newspaper in an En-
glish town, determined to beat its rivals
on the report Of the great foot race
between Hutchins and Gent, had its
account written up beforehand and put
in type, with blanks left for the name
OF the winner and other essential de-
tails, to be filled in later. Instead of
the race there was great riot OH the
grounds, but the paper got the news
too late, and came out with its report
of the race. blanks and all.
"A new and very handsome yellow
water-lily has been raised from seed
ling, by French gardener named La.
tour Marliac. The flowers are six
inches in diameter, and their color is de-
scribed as the soft canary yellow of the
Marechal Mel rose. Two yellow water
lilies have hitherto been known-a
pretty North American species, OF shy
Towering habit, and a Brazilian species.
rather dull in color. The Garden pro-
poses that this new one be called the
canary water-lily.
Near Lynn, Mass, one day last
week, a horse lost one of it's shoes, and
was put into q box stall for the night.
The next morning, so relates the Bee,
the driver, on going to feed the horse,
found the animal missing. No one had
gone to the stall, and where the horse
had gone no one knew. On q search
being made he was found at black
smiths shop, not far from the stable,
waiting patiently for his turn to be
shod. The blacksmith stated that he
came to the shop by himself and walked
in.
In San Francisco there are fourionr-
nails regularly published in Chinese
characters. BY the Chinese method q
good printer can produce only four
hundred sheets o day. Five days work,
therefore, is required to print an edition
ofon thousand copies. The. journals
nre printed with black ink upon single
sheets OF white paper, except ON the
Chinese New Year, when the printing
is done with red ink or upon red
paper Printers Register.
Grabs, which are supposed to shed
their shells every year, do not often
shed them after they have attained
their full size, and the creatures become
victims to barnacles and all sorts of
marine growths that fasten themselves
upon the shell. A remarkable example
of this may be seen in the British Mu-
! scum, where has been placed an old
crab of the edible species, with some
half dozen oysters of large size fixed to
its back. which load, ever increasing,
the old crab was doomed to- carry to
! the end of its days. Another curious
= specimen preserved is that of hairy
! crab. which. though not larger itself
than q walnut, is saddled with sponge
as big as mans fist
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